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gav

See also: Gav

Danish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gav

  1. past tense of give

Northern Kurdish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *gā́ma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₂-mn̥ ~ *gʷh₂-mén-s, from *gʷeh₂- (“to step”). Cognate with Baluchi گام, Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥 (gāman), Persian گام, Ancient Greek βῆμα (bêma), Sanskrit प्रगामन् (pragāman).

Noun edit

gav f

  1. step

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

gav

  1. simple past of gi

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

gav

  1. past of gje, gi, and gjeva

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

gav

  1. Abbreviation of gaveta: drawer.
    Gav. 3, maço 7, no. 32.
    Dr. 3, packet 7, no. 32.

Romani edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma), from Sanskrit ग्राम (grāma).[1][2][3] Cognate with Hindi गांव (gāmv, “village”).

Noun edit

gav m (nominative plural gava)

  1. village[1][2][3][4]

Descendants edit

  • Kalo Finnish Romani: gau
  • → German: Kaff

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 235
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “gav”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 96a
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction‎[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 39
  4. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o gav, -es- m. -a, -en-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 146a

Russenorsk edit

Noun edit

gav

  1. Alternative form of gaf (“ocean”)

Swedish edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

gav

  1. past indicative of ge
  2. past indicative of giva

Anagrams edit

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Armenian կավ (kav, “clay”).

Noun edit

gav

  1. (dialectal) clay soil

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • “gav”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982
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